TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - A unique authenticator for additively manufactured parts derived from their microstructure N2 - In the field of additive manufacturing, the ability to uniquely identify and authenticate parts is crucial for certification, logistics, and anti-counterfeiting efforts. This study introduces a novel methodology that leverages the intrinsic microstructural features of additively manufactured components for their identification, authentication, and traceability. Unlike traditional tagging methods, such as embedding QR codes on the surface [1] or within the volume of parts, this approach requires no alteration to the printing process, as it utilizes naturally occurring microstructural characteristics. The proposed workflow [2] involves the analysis of 3D micro-computed tomography data to identify specific voids that meet predefined identification criteria. This method is demonstrated on a batch of 20 parts manufactured with identical process parameters, proving capable of achieving unambiguous identification and authentication. By establishing a tamper-proof link between the physical part and its digital counterpart, this methodology effectively bridges the physical and digital realms. This not only enhances the traceability of additively manufactured parts but also provides a robust tool for integrating digital materials, parts databases, and product passports with their physical counterparts. T2 - Artificial Intelligence in MSE CY - Bochum, Germany DA - 18.11.2025 KW - Authentication KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65204 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zocca, Andrea A1 - Wilbig, Janka A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Widjaja, Martinus Putra A1 - Neumann, C. A1 - Clozel, M. A1 - Meyer, A. A1 - Ding, J. A1 - Zhou, Z. A1 - Tian, X. T1 - Challenges in the Technology Development for Additive Manufacturing in Space N2 - Instead of foreseeing and preparing for all possible scenarios of machine failures, accidents, and other challenges arising in space missions, it appears logical to take advantage of the flexibility of additive manufacturing for “in-space manufacturing” (ISM). Manned missions into space rely on complicated equipment, and their safe operation is a great challenge. Bearing in mind the absolute distance for manned missions to the Moon and Mars, the supply of spare parts for the repair and replacement of lost equipment via shipment from Earth would require too much time. With the high flexibility in design and the ability to manufacture ready-to-use components directly from a computer-aided model, additive manufacturing technologies appear to be extremely attractive in this context. Moreover, appropriate technologies are required for the manufacture of building habitats for extended stays of astronauts on the Moon and Mars, as well as material/feedstock. The capacities for sending equipment and material into space are not only very limited and costly, but also raise concerns regarding environmental issues on Earth. Accordingly, not all materials can be sent from Earth, and strategies for the use of in-situ resources, i.e., in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), are being envisioned. For the manufacturing of both complex parts and equipment, as well as for large infrastructure, appropriate technologies for material processing in space need to be developed. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Space KW - Process PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-549204 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjmeam.2022.100018 SN - 2772-6657 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-54920 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Dzekan, D. A1 - Sellschopp, K. A1 - Berger, D., A1 - Stork, A. A1 - Nielsch, K. A1 - Fähler, S. T1 - Energy harvesting near room temperature using a thermomagnetic generator with a pretzel-like magnetic flux topology N2 - To date, there are very few technologies available for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are one approach proposed more than a century ago. Such devices are based on a cyclic change of magnetization with temperature. This switches a magnetic flux and, according to Faraday’s law, induces a voltage. Here we demonstrate that guiding the magnetic flux with an appropriate topology of the magnetic circuit improves the performance of thermomagnetic generators by orders of magnitude. Through a combination of experiments and simulations, we show that a pretzel-like topology results in a sign reversal of the magnetic flux. This avoids the drawbacks of previous designs, namely, magnetic stray fields, hysteresis and complex geometries of the thermomagnetic material. Our demonstrator, which is based on magnetocaloric plates, illustrates that this solid-state energy conversion technology presents a key step towards becoming competitive with thermoelectrics for energy harvesting near room temperature. KW - Energy harvesting KW - Thermomagnetic generator PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0306-x SN - 2058-7546 VL - 4 SP - 68 EP - 74 PB - Nature AN - OPUS4-47305 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, R. A1 - Qian, M. A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Shen, H. A1 - Zhang, X. T1 - Investigating the microstructure and magnetic properties of La-Fe-Si microwires during fabrication and heat treatment process N2 - In this study, the optimized fabrication and evolution of the microstructure and magnetic Transition behavior of the melt-extraction LaFe11.2Si1.8 microwires have been studied. After the optimization of extraction technique (heating power 22 KW, feeding rate 30-50 mm/s, rotation velocity 1700 r/min), the content of La Fe,Si)13 phase in the as-extracted microwires was 54 wt% due to the high solidification velocity, which was increased to 85 wt% via annealing at 1373 K for 20 min. The amount of La(Fe,Si)13 phase was increased and the composition of La(Fe,Si)13 phase became more homogenized through peritectic reaction and short-distance diffusion in the microwires during annealing process. The coexistence of the nanocrystalline and amorphous structures contributed to the broad magnetic Transition temperature range of the as-extracted and annealed microwires. The annealed microwires exhibited a second-order magnetic transformation behavior and showed a maximum magnetic entropy Change jDSMjmax of 6.2 J/kgK and working temperature interval of 36.0 K under a magnetic field of 20 kOe. KW - Magnetocaloric effect KW - Melt-extraction technique KW - La(Fe,Si)13 phase KW - Peritectic reaction KW - Short-distance diffusion PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.04.196 SN - 0925-8388 SN - 1873-4669 VL - 794 SP - 153 EP - 162 PB - Elsevier B.V. AN - OPUS4-48095 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krautz, M. A1 - Beyer, M. A1 - Jäschke, C. A1 - Schinke, L. A1 - Waske, Anja A1 - Seifert, J. T1 - A Magnetocaloric Booster Unit for Energy-Efficient Air-Conditioning N2 - A concept for the application of a magnetocaloric device in energy-efficient air conditioners is introduced. In order to evaluate this concept, a test stand has been developed equipped with a magnetic field source providing about a 1.5-T flux density change into which different Regenerator geometries can be implemented and evaluated. A processing route for the production of profiled magnetocaloric LaFeSiMn-based composite plates by tape casting is presented. The processed plates show a maximum isothermal entropy change of about 3.8 J kg−1 K−1 at a magnetic field change of 1.5 T at 285 K. The hydraulic and thermal performance of regenerator geometries that can be realized by profiled plates is assessed by calculations. KW - Magnetocaloric effect KW - Regenerator KW - Air-conditioning KW - Solid state cooling KW - Tape casting PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-480926 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst9020076 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 76 EP - 91 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-48092 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Glushko, O. A1 - Funk, A. A1 - Maier-Kiener, A. A1 - Kraker, P. A1 - Krautz, M. A1 - Eckert, J. A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Mechanical properties of the magnetocaloric intermetallic LaFe11.2Si1.8 alloy at different length scales N2 - In this work the global and local mechanical properties of the magnetocaloric intermetallic LaFe11.2Si1.8 alloy are investigated by a combination of different testing and characterization techniques in order to shed light on the partly contradictory data in recent literature. Macroscale compression tests were performed to illuminate the global fracture behavior and evaluate it statistically. LaFe11.2Si1.8 demonstrates a brittle behavior with fracture strains below 0.6% and widely distributed fracture stresses of 180–620 MPa leading to a Weibull modulus of m = 2 to 6. The local mechanical properties, such as hardness and Young's modulus, of the main and secondary phases are examined by nanoindentation and Vickers microhardness tests. An intrinsic strength of the main magnetocaloric phase of at least 2 GPa is estimated. The significantly lower values obtained by compression tests are attributed to the detrimental effect of pores, microcracks, and secondary phases. Microscopic examination of indentation-induced cracks reveals that ductile α-Fe precipitates act as crack arrestors whereas pre-existing cracks at La-rich precipitates provide numerous ‘weak links’ for the initiation of catastrophic fracture. The presented systematic study extends the understanding of the mechanical reliability of La(Fe, Si)13 alloys by revealing the correlations between the mechanical behavior of macroscopic multi-phase samples and the local mechanical properties of the single phases KW - Nanoindentation KW - Compression test KW - Brittle fracture KW - Mechanical properties KW - Magnetocaloric effect PY - 2019 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.11.038 SN - 1359-6454 SN - 1873-2453 VL - 165 SP - 40 EP - 50 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-47306 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Properties of powder-in-tube formed magnetocaloric materials N2 - This talk gives an overview of the shaping options for magnetocaloric materials. We have shown that powder-in-tube processing of these functional materials is a straightforward and efficient way to obtain wires and stacked structures for heat exchange. T2 - Eingeladener Vortrag / Symposiumsorganisation und Vortrag CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 05.09.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50177 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Magnetocaloric materials for cooling and harvesting of low-grade waste heat N2 - To date, there are very few technologies available for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are one approach proposed more than a century ago. Such devices are based on a cyclic change of magnetization with temperature. For thermomagnetic materials, we used a commercial magnetocaloric alloy with a transition temperature of 300 K. T2 - Symposiumsorganisation und Vortrag CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 05.09.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Energy harvesting KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50178 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Energy harvesting near room temperature using thermomagnetic materials N2 - To date, there are only very few technologies available for the conversion of low temperature waste heat to electricity. In this talk, we first describe the principle of thermomagnetic generators. Then we focus on the impact of topology of the magnetic circuit within thermomagnetic generators. We demonstrate that the key operational parameters strongly depend on the genus, i.e. the number of holes within the magnetic circuit. T2 - 8th WMRIF Symposium and General Assembly CY - Budapest, Hungary DA - 17.06.2019 KW - Energy harvesting KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50176 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Anwendungsaspekte magnetischer Funktionsmaterialien: Untersuchungen mit Computertomographie N2 - In diesem Vortrag wird am Beispiel magnetischer Werkstoffe zur Energiewandlung gezeigt, wie röntgentomographische Untersuchungen zur Strukturaufklärung in Kompositen und Massivproben beitragen können. Die Bauteile werden zerstörungsfrei geprüft, um Risse, Poren und andere Defekte und ihren Einfluss auf die funktionellen Eigenschaften dreidimensional und rechtzeitig im Lebenszyklus des Werkstoffs zu charakterisieren. Kombiniert man Mikrotomographie mit anderen Methoden der magnetischen Werkstoffcharakterisierung, lassen sich einzigartige Aussagen über den Aufbau und die funktionellen Eigenschaften treffen. T2 - Werkstoffwoche CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 18.09.2019 KW - X-Ray Imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50175 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - A thermomagnetic generator for harvesting low-grade waste heat N2 - To date, there are only very few technologies available for the conversion of low temperature waste heat to electricity. In this talk, we first describe the principle of thermomagnetic generators. Then we focus on the impact of topology of the magnetic circuit within thermomagnetic generators. We demonstrate that the key operational parameters strongly depend on the genus, i.e. the number of holes within the magnetic circuit. T2 - Eingeladener Vortrag / Symposiumsorganisation und Vortrag CY - Uppsala, Sweden DA - 28.08.2019 KW - Energy harvesting KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-Destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50179 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Mikrocomputertomographie für die zerstörungsfreie Untersuchung von Pulvern und additiv gefertigten Bauteilen N2 - In diesem Vortrag wird am Beispiel magnetischer Werkstoffe zur Energiewandlung gezeigt, wie röntgentomographische Untersuchungen zur Strukturaufklärung in Kompositen und Massivproben beitragen können. Die Bauteile werden zerstörungsfrei geprüft, um Risse, Poren und andere Defekte und ihren Einfluss auf die funktionellen Eigenschaften dreidimensional und rechtzeitig im Lebenszyklus des Werkstoffs zu charakterisieren. Kombiniert man Mikrotomographie mit anderen Methoden der magnetischen Werkstoffcharakterisierung, lassen sich einzigartige Aussagen über den Aufbau und die funktionellen Eigenschaften treffen. T2 - Seminar Yxlon CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 15.05.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Materials Science KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50157 LA - mul AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Mikro-Computertomographie für die zerstörungsfreie Untersuchung von Pulvern und additiv gefertigten Bauteilen N2 - In diesem Vortrag wird am Beispiel magnetischer Werkstoffe zur Energiewandlung gezeigt, wie röntgentomographische Untersuchungen zur Strukturaufklärung in Kompositen und Massivproben beitragen können. Die Bauteile werden zerstörungsfrei geprüft, um Risse, Poren und andere Defekte und ihren Einfluss auf die funktionellen Eigenschaften dreidimensional und rechtzeitig im Lebenszyklus des Werkstoffs zu charakterisieren. Kombiniert man Mikrotomographie mit anderen Methoden der magnetischen Werkstoffcharakterisierung, lassen sich einzigartige Aussagen über den Aufbau und die funktionellen Eigenschaften treffen. T2 - TU München Vortragsreihe CY - Munich, Germany DA - 24.01.2019 KW - X-Ray Imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Material Science KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50156 LA - mul AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - X-ray non-destructive testing of materials and composites N2 - Functional materials for energy conversion are important technology drivers needed for the implementation of low carbon energy. Therefore, researchers commonly focus on improving the intrinsic properties of a functional material. However, for applications, the extrinsic properties are at least as important as the intrinsic ones. Consequently, it is important to investigate and understand the external and internal structure of semi-finished products and especially defect dependent properties. The extrinsic properties may change during application and the life cycle of the material as well as through processing and molding steps. Our studies show how X-ray tomographic (XCT) investigations can contribute to structure investigations in composites and massive samples using the example of magnetic materials for energy conversion. The components are tested non-destructively in 3D in order to localize and characterize cracks, pores, inclusions as well as other defects and their influence on the functional properties and also “in-time” during the life cycle of the material. Exsitu and in-situ experiments performed with non-destructive XCT are predestinated to follow damaging mechanisms of materials under certain load conditions, atmospheres or liquids, e.g. went through several working cycles of a functional material. By combining microtomography with other methods of magnetic and classical material characterization, unique statements about the structure and the functional properties can be made. From the applications point of view, sometimes complex, three-dimensional geometries are needed to fully exploit the functional properties of the materials, e.g. to ensure a high surface area for heat exchange. Since many functional materials are brittle and difficult to form, shaping is often a big challenge. In principle, additive manufacturing processes offer the possibility to produce complex, porous components from poorly formable alloys. If all stages of additive manufacturing are accompanied by X-ray tomographic imaging, the process of finding the optimal parameters for material processing can be significantly accelerated. Based on the quality control of the initial powder material used and also investigations of the shape and arrangement of defects within the molten structure and their relationship with the melting path scanning strategy, Xray tomography has proven to be an ideal tool for additive manufacturing, even for functional materials. Overall, tomographic methods are important tools for the development of functional materials to application maturity. T2 - Physikalisches Kolloquium TU Chemnitz CY - Chemnitz, Germany DA - 04.12.2019 KW - Non-destructuve testing KW - X-ray imaging KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Materials science PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50100 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - X-ray non-destructive testing of materials and composites N2 - Using magnetic materials for energy conversion as an example, this lecture shows how X-ray tomography investigations can contribute to structure elucidation in composites and solid samples. The components are tested non-destructively in order to characterize cracks, pores and other defects and their influence on the functional properties three-dimensionally and in good time in the life cycle of the material. If you combine microtomography with other methods of magnetic material characterization, you can make unique statements about the structure and the functional properties. T2 - Dcms CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 28.08.2019 KW - X-Ray imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Magnetocoloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50151 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - X-ray non-destructive testing of materials and composites N2 - Using magnetic materials for energy conversion as an example, this lecture shows how X-ray tomography investigations can contribute to structure elucidation in composites and solid samples. The components are tested non-destructively in order to characterize cracks, pores and other defects and their influence on the functional properties three-dimensionally and in good time in the life cycle of the material. If you combine microtomography with other methods of magnetic material characterization, you can make unique statements about the structure and the functional properties. T2 - TU Chemnitz Vortrag CY - Chemnitz, Germany DA - 04.11.2019 KW - X-Ray Imaging KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Materials Science KW - Non-destructiv testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50150 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Cooling and energy harvesting using magnetic materials N2 - To date, there are very few technologies available for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are one approach proposed more than a century ago. Such devices are based on a cyclic change of magnetization with temperature. For thermomagnetic materials, we used a commercial magnetocaloric alloy with a transition temperature of 300 K. T2 - Summer School CY - Szczecin, Poland DA - 26.09.2019 KW - X-Ray Imaging KW - Energy harvesting KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Material Science KW - Non-destructive testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50155 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Energy harvesting using thermomagnetic generators with magnetocaloric materials N2 - To date, there are only very few technologies available for the conversion of low temperature waste heat to electricity. In this talk, we first describe the principle of thermomagnetic generators. Then we focus on the impact of topology of the magnetic circuit within thermomagnetic generators. We demonstrate that the key operational parameters strongly depend on the genus, i.e. the number of holes within the magnetic circuit. T2 - JEMS 2019 CY - Uppsala, Sweden DA - 26.08.2019 KW - Energy harvesting KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Materials science KW - Non-destructiv testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50153 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - A thermomagnetic generator with novel magnetic field topology N2 - To date, there are only very few technologies available for the conversion of low temperature waste heat to electricity. In this talk, we first describe the principle of thermomagnetic generators. Then we focus on the impact of topology of the magnetic circuit within thermomagnetic generators. We demonstrate that the key operational parameters strongly depend on the genus, i.e. the number of holes within the magnetic circuit. T2 - 2019 Joint MMM-Intermag Conference CY - Washington, DC, USA DA - 14.01.2019 KW - Energy harvesting KW - Magnetocaloric KW - Materials Science KW - Non-destructiv testing PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-50152 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Energy conversion of waste heat using thermomagnetic materials N2 - To date, there are very few technologies available for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are one approach proposed more than a century ago. Such devices are based on a cyclic change of magnetization with temperature. This switches a magnetic flux and, according to Faraday’s law, induces a voltage. We demonstrated that guiding the magnetic flux with a pretzel-type topology of the magnetic circuit improves the performance of thermomagnetic generators by orders of magnitude [1]. From an ideal material’s perspective, several similarities with magnetocaloric materials [2] can be found, like a sharp first-order like magnetostructural transition, low hysteresis and high thermal diffusivity. This makes some magnetocaloric materials good candidates also for thermomagnetic energy harvesting, like e.g. (MnFe)2P-based and La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds. Recently, the EU MSCA initial training network Heat4Energy [2] was started with the aim of making three thermomagnetic energy converters for low grade waste heat (<100°C) to electricity with different power output ranges. While the smallest demonstrator operates with thin film materials, the two larger machines use bulk material, for which different processing and shaping routes are explored. In collaboration with the industrial stakeholders of the project, up-scalability and practical application issues of materials processing will be addressed during the project. After an introduction into the technological background and the ITN project, we will present first results on 3D printing and non-destructive imaging of the thermomagnetic parts. T2 - Advances in Magnetics (AIM) 2025 CY - Bressanone, Italy DA - 10.02.2025 KW - Energy harvesting KW - Thermomagnetic energy conversion KW - Magnetic materials PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65201 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Waske, Anja T1 - Energy conversion of waste heat using thermomagnetic materials N2 - To date, there are very few technologies available for the conversion of low-temperature waste heat into electricity. Thermomagnetic generators are one approach proposed more than a century ago. Such devices are based on a cyclic change of magnetization with temperature. This switches a magnetic flux and, according to Faraday’s law, induces a voltage. We demonstrated that guiding the magnetic flux with a pretzel-type topology of the magnetic circuit improves the performance of thermomagnetic generators by orders of magnitude [1]. From an ideal material’s perspective, several similarities with magnetocaloric materials [2] can be found, like a sharp first-order like magnetostructural transition, low hysteresis and high thermal diffusivity. This makes some magnetocaloric materials good candidates also for thermomagnetic energy harvesting, like e.g. (MnFe)2P-based and La(Fe,Si)13-based compounds. Recently, the EU MSCA initial training network Heat4Energy [2] was started with the aim of making three thermomagnetic energy converters for low grade waste heat (<100°C) to electricity with different power output ranges. While the smallest demonstrator operates with thin film materials, the two larger machines use bulk material, for which different processing and shaping routes are explored. In collaboration with the industrial stakeholders of the project, up-scalability and practical application issues of materials processing will be addressed during the project. After an introduction into the technological background and the ITN project, we will present first results on 3D printing and non-destructive imaging of the thermomagnetic parts. Furthermore, we will review criticality issues of materials employed in this new technology. T2 - MRS Spring Meeting Seattle CY - Seattle, WA, USA DA - 07.04.2025 KW - Energy harvesting KW - Magnetic materials KW - Thermomagnetic energy conversion PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-65198 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -